Measure U Community Advisory Committee Meeting - January 25, 2021
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Measure U Community Advisory Committee Meeting - January 25, 2021
The Measure U Community Advisory Committee met via teleconference on Monday, January 25, 2021, at 6:00 p.m. to conduct business including the selection of officers for 2021, presentations from the City Auditor and The People's Budget Sacramento, development of FY2021/22 budget recommendations to City Council, and updates from ad hoc committees. The meeting also included a moment of remembrance for deceased member Dean Murakami, with the committee adjourning in his memory. Nine members were present, constituting a quorum.
Consent Calendar
- Approval of Meeting Minutes (December 9, 2020): Approved unanimously via roll call vote (9-0).
Discussion Items
- Selection of Chair and Vice Chair for Calendar Year 2021: Chair Lola Cofer and Vice Chair Kim Williams were re-elected by acclamation after self-nominations and a motion. The motion passed unanimously (9-0).
- Presentation from the City Auditor (Jorge Oseguera): The City Auditor provided an overview of his office's work, including performance auditing, research, the whistleblower hotline, and the annual community survey. He noted that the office can incorporate custom questions from the committee into the 2021 survey. The committee discussed the status of the 39 recommendations from the Management Partners efficiency study, noting that none have been formally adopted by council. The presentation was received and filed.
- Presentation from The People's Budget Sacramento (Bo Reynolds and Paul Andrews): The coalition presented survey results from over 2,700 respondents, showing strong public support for increased investment in human needs (housing, health care, food assistance) and reimagined community safety, with only 7% supporting increased law enforcement funding. The presenters acknowledged demographic gaps in the survey (overrepresentation of white, highly educated respondents) and requested the committee's help in distributing the survey to reach a more representative sample. Public comments included suggestions for partnering with nonprofit organizations and concerns about the lack of emphasis on business and economic development.
- FY2021/22 Measure U Budget Priorities and Recommendations to City Council: The committee discussed the draft recommendations document, focusing on language precision (e.g., referring to "budget using Measure U funds" rather than "Measure U budget"), the need to prioritize specific recommendations from the Management Partners efficiency study, and the importance of youth investments. After debate, the committee voted to forward the recommendations to City Council for consideration, with final edits to be made by a subcommittee consisting of Chair Cofer, Member Dickinson, and Member Pray. The motion passed unanimously (9-0).
- Agenda Log: The committee reviewed the published agenda log, added items for future meetings (including a library presentation and updates on Scale Up Sacramento), and approved the updated log unanimously (9-0).
Key Outcomes
- Officers for 2021: Chair Lola Cofer and Vice Chair Kim Williams were re-elected.
- Budget Recommendations: The committee finalized a motion to forward FY2021/22 budget priorities to City Council after editing by a three-member subcommittee. The motion passed 9-0.
- Agenda Log: Approved with additions for future presentations.
- Ad Hoc Committee Updates: Process & Efficiency (will continue to refine recommendations for council engagement); Budget Oversight & Transparency (gained new member Marbeya Sala; will report on mid-year budget at next meeting); Civic & Community Engagement (reported on participatory budgeting efforts, including an upcoming workshop with council on February 9, 2021).
- Adjournment: The meeting adjourned in memory of Dean Murakami, a deceased member of the committee, with reflections from Chair Cofer and other members.
Public Comments & Testimony
- Item 4 (People's Budget Presentation): Three callers spoke: Aaron Boyce (Florence Community Development Corporation) expressed concern about the lack of emphasis on business and economic development in the survey; Kim Stevens (Stevens Foundation) offered to help distribute future surveys through nonprofit networks; and Kula Koenig (People's Budget Sacramento) thanked the committee and urged them to help reach council members and county supervisors to broaden survey participation.
- Item 5 (Budget Recommendations): One caller, Kim Stevens, emphasized the importance of investing in youth and families and offered to discuss recommendations further.
- No public comments were made on Items 1, 2, 3, or 6, or on matters not on the agenda.
Meeting Transcript
to the measure you community advisory committee meeting um we're gonna start by calling the role good evening sorry good evening chairkofer um uh member pray here member dickinson member dickinson member salaw here member kivell member kivill member kivill I believe is joining us later um there okay member Luan here uh member clerk member Ryan here member blackwood member crustwell member perez here member otto Kent here uh vice chair Williams Chair and Chair Kofer here and I'm sure you have eight members present uh constituting a quorum and I think we actually have member Dickinson is here. Yes I am here thank you uh that makes nine members uh present okay thank you so much um before we move on to our consent calendar I wanted to um first and foremost uh uh make an announcement that I think everyone has already heard but I wanted to um say it on the record that um unfortunately over our December break we lost one of our members of the Measure U Community Advisory Committee Dean Murakami and Dean was a respected member of this body and many other bodies that he was a part of during his time here um I want us to do what council often does which is adjourn in his memory tonight and so I wanted to just give everyone a heads up in case you wanted to say something as we prepare for that adjournment. I do plan to read pieces of his obituary um and share some reflections as well and so I just wanted other members of the committee to be able to do so if you'd like to um share something as we prepare for adjournment on that somber note I also want to say that you know in the midst of everything that's been going on you know it's really important that we um care for one another and that we are um really mindful of you know the the other things happening in our lives that we may be going through and so um I just want us to be able to uh pay you know important respects to a beloved member of this committee um as we prepare to embark on our work while that is starting off um on a note that that is unfortunately said we are at the same time welcoming some new members tonight and so I want to take this opportunity to allow our newest member Marbeya Sala to be welcomed into the Measure U Community Advisory Committee and possibly just um share a few words if you'd like to to introduce yourself to the your fellow committee members okay thank you very much it's a great honor for me to have been appointed to uh this committee and um there are some of you very familiar faces um I've been in part of this community for quite a long time currently I'm uh with the Garden Northgate neighborhood association I am the development officer and I've been part of uh GNNA for for several years now but I retired from UC Davis Marjorie yes Marva this is so fun to um get back together in this important endeavor I I told um share cofer when I found out that you were joining the committee that we were really really lucky to get you so um we are really lucky to get you yeah so I retired from UC Davis and and just just really when I was at UC Davis I was involved from developing linguistic and culturally appropriate services at UC Davis Health System to working with the uh uh and and Deborah you know uh guilargaciol in the center for reducing health disparities to increasing the diversity of medical students at UC Davis so and when I retired I I you know needed to continue my advocacy so I I got involved at the local level so it it's a real honor for me to be part of this and I hope that I will be able to contribute I went back and looked at some of your minutes and um you've been very active and I I over to uh my um appointment and my work with all of you thank you so much and a very warm welcome So and when I retired I I you know needed to continue my advocacy so I I got involved at the local level. So it's it's a real honor for me to be part of this and I hope that I will be able to contribute. I went back and looked at some of your minutes and um seeing you've been very active and I I over to uh my um appointment and my work with all of you thank you so much and a very warm welcome to you I'm sorry we're not able to be together in chambers April we're really glad to glad to have you and then I also want to welcome back members Kivill and Lon um they have been reappointed for a second term to the Measure U Community Advisory Committee and just as a reminder that there are seats that um are that have now expired and so if you are interested in continuing your service and you're one in one of those seats please be sure to apply so that you can be reappointed to your seat um if that is the the decision of um your appointing member or the PP and e committee and um if you won't be serving with us we are sad to see you go but um wishing you well as well. So now I'm gonna I want to start to item number one on our consent calendar. Our consent calendar only has one item and that is the approval of the Measure U Community Advisory Committee meeting minutes. If you are watching this meeting from home you can provide public comment directly to us by dialing 916 8087 two one three and if you'd like to make a comment on the items tonight each of the items have a number and this item is number one. And so with that um do we have a motion to approve the measure you community advisory committee minutes and approve the consent calendar motion to approve both the minutes as well as the consent calendar. Is there a second second okay we have a motion to approve the one item on our consent calendar all the oh actually we need to do a roll call. Mr Jassa will you do a roll call for us apologies on that. Oh no problem uh member pray member Dickinson aye member Salah aye member Kivill Member Luhan I member Clark Member Ryan I member blackwood member crustwell member Perez aye member uh Otto Kent I Vice Chair Williams I madam chair you have nine votes in favors no uh um abstentions or uh nays thank you so um our consent calendar passes and so we move along to item number two um again if you are listening um or watching remotely and you'd like to make a comment please dial 916 8087213 and dial number two to make a comment on item number two and this is the selection of the chair and vice chair to the measure you community advisory committee for calendar year 2021. And so at this time we can um take a anyone who would like to self-nominate for chair uh I guess we can do this yeah we can do this as one as one motion so we can start with um self-nominations for chair and then um self-nominations for vice chair I have served as your chair for the last uh 19 months um but in the interest of you know of sharing the wealth if someone else would like to be the chair I am more than willing to continue on in this capacity but I also am more than willing to you know pass the torch and vote for someone else so if um someone is interested please feel free to uh to you know nominate yourself or nominate someone else on the committee I think we should nominate you to serve another term as chair second I'm I I vote for that I appreciate that um but I do want to make sure that if there if anyone else would like the opportunity to chair the committee if they'd like to please feel free I didn't check in with anyone in advance so I don't want to put anyone on the spot but if you if you'd like to be chair I you know it really it's open seeing no hands um uh now we will discuss the vice chair if anyone would like to nominate themselves or nominate someone else to be vice chair I like uh low um if someone's not ready to be chair but wants to be vice chair to get ready to be chair I will happily uh leave my seat and and serve in other capacities so um you know whatever the group build is best but know that I am more than willing to share the wealth Now we will discuss the vice chair if anyone would like to nominate themselves or nominate someone else to be vice chair. I like uh low um if someone's not ready to be chair but wants to be vice chair to get ready to be chair. I will happily uh leave my seat in and serve in other capacities. So um, you know, whatever the group feels is best, but know that I am more than willing to share the wealth. I don't see any hands being raised, Kim. So I think uh I will I will nominate you to a remain as vice chair if there are no other volunteers who would like to to take on that role and um and oh making sure I'm not seeing any other hands being raised. Okay, so we uh now need to entertain a motion to uh to where we would be passing a motion um to select uh LloJan Cofer as your chair and Kim Williams as your vice chair for calendar year 2021. So do we have a motion? I still move to second. Okay, we have a motion, uh probably move motion and uh second. Oh no, we need to I always forget we can't do this by by voice anymore. Uh can we please call the role, Mr. Jessa? Sure. Member Prey. Hi. Member Dickinson. Aye. Member Salah. Aye. Member Kivill. Member Lua uh uh Luhan. Hi. Member Clark. Member Ryan. Hi. Member Otto Kent. I Vice Chair Williams. Aye. And Chair Cofer. Hi. We will now move on to item number three on our agenda, which is a presentation from the city auditor to the Measure U Community Advisory Committee. And again, if you are watching remotely and would like to make a public comment on this item, please dial 916-808-7213 and dial number three to comment on item three. And I will turn this over to uh Mr. Osagura. Thank you very much.
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